Endangered species

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• Birds of North America under threat from climate change – in pictures

  9 Sep 2014: Warming temperatures are reducing the range of several of North America’s iconic birds, including United States’ national bird the bald eagle, affecting over 300 species and pushing many towards extinction
  

• North America's key birds facing extinction, study finds

  9 Sep 2014: 314 species, including the bald eagle and 10 state birds of US at risk from climate change

• Pregnant Mascarene petrel shows off ginormous egg bump as she soars over open seas: picture

  4 Sep 2014: GrrlScientist: Ornithological paparazzi snapped photos of the critically endangered seabird south of Réunion Island in the southern Indian Ocean.

• Stop the panda slander: the bears don't breed just for your viewing pleasure

  4 Sep 2014: Jules Howard: The panda industrial complex is a weird, perverted Build-A-Bear Workshop driven in part by profit and international chest-beating

• Seal population on the rise in Thames estuary

  4 Sep 2014: Numbers returning to natural level after centuries of culling for meat and fur, survey finds
  

• Polar bear DNA from footprints in Arctic snow reveal bloody killing of seal

  2 Sep 2014: First of its kind CSI-style technique to gather genetic material from animals could help track plight of endangered species

• South Africa's ancient cycad plants under threat from poachers

  1 Sep 2014: Experts warn that lucrative trade in endangered varieties of the world’s oldest seed plant could lead to extinction, after 24 rare cycads stolen from Cape Town botanical gardens
  

• Warblers and turtle doves join RSPB list of birds at risk of dying out

  30 Aug 2014:

  Bad weather and loss of habitat blamed as more breeding native species are at risk of extinction

• The week in wildlife – in pictures

  29 Aug 2014: Sea turtles, kingfishers and butterflies are among the pick of this week’s images from the natural world
  

• Water voles return to Cornwall

  27 Aug 2014: First breeding colony established in Bude river since 1989 as mammals return to most counties of England

• World in a week: Carcasses of 192 elephants found in the Serengeti

  Guardian Professional, 22 Aug 2014: 18 - 22 August: Catch up with all the development-related news you may have missed this week

• Support our red-haired cousins, the orangutans, before it's too late

  19 Aug 2014: Carole Jahme: As orangutans are added to a list of the world’s 25 most endangered primates, we are discovering that these great apes are more like humans than we supposed

• Barry the manatee drowns at Paris zoo after getting stuck in pool shaft

  19 Aug 2014:

  Three-year-old mammal has died just a month after joining refurbished wildlife park at Vincennes

• How DNA barcodes can beat the wildlife traffickers

  16 Aug 2014:

  Researchers in Wales are using cutting-edge techniques to catalogue species from tiny sections of genetic material, writes Nicola Davis

• Rescuing orphaned baby elephants in Kenya - in pictures

  12 Aug 2014: To mark World Elephant Day, the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust has released behind-the-scenes pictures of efforts to save orphaned baby elephants in Africa, where up to 35,000 animals are killed for their tusks each year

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